Community Advisory Boards

Community Advisory Boards (CABs) provide clinics with input and guidance from patients regarding the design and delivery of care. To be effective, CABs follow operating procedures to guide them to carry out tasks like selecting members, convening meetings, gathering feedback, and working with clinics to improve their operations.

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Webinars and Training

ELEVATE: Principles of Harm Reduction in HIV Services
NMAC
March 2022
This webinar presented by ELEVATE NMAC Team and JSI will focus on promoting the application of Harm Reduction Principles among PWH employed in HIV Service Delivery System.

Tools and Job Aids

Self-Assessment Module (SAM) Series
HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
January 2009
Workbooks for RWHAP planning bodies and other entities to self-assess their effectiveness.
A Guide to Consumer Involvement: Improving the Quality of Ambulatory HIV Programs
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
August 2006
Guide on ways an organization can involve consumers in quality improvment.
Getting Started: A Consumer Advisory Board Manual for Title IV Programs
AIDS Alliance for Children Youth and Families
January 2005
Workbook on setting up and operating a consumer advisory board (CAB).
Comienzos: Manual básico para establecer un Consejo Asesor de Consumidores para programas del Título IV

Reports and Best Practices

Issue Brief: Using Advisory Boards to Enhance and Implement Interventions for Black Women
SPNS Improving Care and Treatment Coordination Black Women with HIV
October 2022
This brief focuses on consumer and community advisory boards and the way in which they can be leveraged to inform the development and implementation of evidence based interventions designed to improve care for diverse Black women with HIV.